diff --git a/packaging/win32/defaults.sh b/packaging/win32/defaults.sh
index 6c350d1292..ca1a187208 100644
--- a/packaging/win32/defaults.sh
+++ b/packaging/win32/defaults.sh
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ set_default GLADE_DIR $GLOBAL_DIR\\glade
 set_default INNO_URL "http://files.jrsoftware.org/is/5/isetup-5.3.9-unicode.exe"
 set_default INNO_DIR $GLOBAL_DIR\\inno
 
-set_default HH_URL "http://download.microsoft.com/download/OfficeXPProf/Install/4.71.1015.0/W98NT42KMe/EN-US/HTMLHELP.EXE"
+set_default HH_URL "http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/a/9/0a939ef6-e31c-430f-a3df-dfae7960d564/htmlhelp.exe"
 set_default HH_DIR $GLOBAL_DIR\\hh
 
 set_default WEBKIT_URL "$SF_MIRROR/gnucash/webkit-1.1.90-win32.zip"
diff --git a/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh b/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh
index 183fd0d3d6..21dc5fc1bf 100755
--- a/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh
+++ b/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh
@@ -1535,7 +1535,8 @@ function inst_docs() {
         make_chm guide de_DE
         make_chm guide it_IT
         make_chm guide ja_JP "--stringparam chunker.output.encoding Shift_JIS --stringparam htmlhelp.encoding Shift_JIS"
-        make_chm help C
+# FIXME: C help is temporarily disabled because it crashes the hhc.exe compiler!
+#        make_chm help C
         make_chm help de_DE
 #        make_chm help it_IT
     qpopd